Greg: From what I've seen, it looks like the large Enterprise is about the same size (about 11" long) as the Polar Lights 1/1000 model kit. It looks to be less accurate, but the upside is that it's pre finished, and has die-cast metal construction.

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Finally had time to unbox mine and check it out:

Basically, an up-sized version of the previously released Eaglemoss TOS USS Enterprise, with more detailing. I really like it, but the nitpicker in me noticed some of the tiny windows didn't get fully paintedin.

The die-cast metal does give it a nice heft, which leads to a concern about the stand. The clear plastic piece inserts into the base by a single peg, which does allow a little wobbling if the ship is touched. It balances fine when left alone, but given how top-heavy the whole thing is, I suspect a good tremor or an accidental bump will knock it over and onto the floor. For now, it goes back into the box for safekeeping.

Unboxed the Nendoroid Darth Vader, Imperial Stormtrooper, and First Order Stormtrooper today (the first two were reissued for ROGUE ONE).

While Vader came with enough accessories for a variety of poses (2 different types of capes), just trying to get him into the pose shown above required a total disassembly and head to toe rebuild. Otherwise, pieces of him would fall off while you were tweaking the position of an arm, or leg. He's great once you get him posed the way you want, but putting him into a new one may require more free time on my part.

My son has the Kong Skull Island 18in. Kong figure. He is wanting a Godzilla 18in. toy to fight with. Now, my son is 8yrs old, and I would like to get something playable at that sc a le that doesn't cost a king's ransom. I've tried to do my research and turned up nothing. Then I thought, if anyone will know about this, it's Bill.

You might want to look into the NECA line of Godzilla figures, since most of them are around the $20 range and were found at Toys R Us or available on Amazon.You can also check out some of the reviews on Youtube for these figures, like:

I didn't think this warranted its own topic so I hope it's right to include it here. Via Twitter, I have come across the worst RoboCop bootleg toy ever:

Robert Cop?

"I'll be back."

The furniture of law enforcement?

I've seen some bad bootlegs in my time, but that one takes the biscuit. Robert Cop is bad enough, but including a Terminator catchphrase in there and and describing it as the 'furniture of law enforcement' is bizarre.

The biggest problem is that they've stuck the TOS dish on the front of the secondary hull, which is very clearly not what was intended, based on available reference materials.

A major problem with 99% of fanmade PHASE II renderings and models is that they tend to use elements of either the TMP or TOS designs to fill in certain gaps in data. In fact, there's enough material floating around out there to create a very good approximation of what the PHASE II model would have looked like. David Shaw did it first, and I followed in his footsteps, with a few minor tweaks.

That all being said, I do look forward to seeing how the final product turns out. I'm often tempted to pick up these Eaglemoss models, but, since I build my own models, why bother? I'm just glad they've published the "making of" portions of the magazines in hardcover. I picked up DESIGNING STARSHIPS Vol. 1, recently, and it's a lovely book.

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